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Department of Environment and Natural Resources

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman), abbreviated as DENR, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment in natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources, including those in reservation and watershed areas, and lands of the public domain, as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources as may be provided for by law in order to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived therefrom for the welfare of the present and future generations of Filipinos.

For the agency in South Australia formerly known as "Department of Environment and Natural Resources", see Department for Environment and Water (South Australia).

Department overview

January 1, 1917 (1917-01-01)

DENR Building, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City

₱23.6 billion (2021)[1]

  • Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, Secretary
  • Jose Joaquin Y. Loyzaga, Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary
  • Marilou G. Erni, Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary

www.denr.gov.ph

Undersecretary for Strategic Communications/Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary

Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Administration

Undersecretary for Finance, Information System and Climate Change

Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International Affairs

Undersecretary for Luzon and Visayas Environment Field Operations

Undersecretary for Mindanao Environment Field Operations

Undersecretary for Organizational Transformation and Human Resources

Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Legislative Affairs

Undersecretary for Integrated Environment Science

Assistant Secretary for Environment, Solid Waste Management and Local Government Unit Concerns

Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Foreign-Assisted and Special Projects

Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs

Assistant Secretary for Finance, Information System and Mining Concerns

Assistant Secretary for International Affairs

Assistant Secretary for Eastern Mindanao Field Operations

Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, Strategic Communication and Sectoral Initiatives

Assistant Secretary for Luzon and Visayas Field Operations

Assistant Secretary for Western Mindanao Field Operations

The Department is currently headed by a Secretary with the following Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries:

Laguna Lake Development Authority

National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

National Water Resources Board

Natural Resources Development Corporation

Palawan Council for Sustainable Development

Philippine Mining Development Corporation

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Environmental issues in the Philippines

Department of Environment and Natural Resources website

Environmental Legal Assistance Center, Inc. website

Archived October 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

Mines and Geosciences Bureau